Gun rights advocates said they don’t feel like their voices are being heard during live-streamed committee meetings
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Republican legislators say it’s time to return to in-person hearings, session
They say between vaccination efforts and the 90,000 people who have had COVID-19, meetings can be held safely.
Gun permit, magazine ban bills move to Senate floor for debate tomorrow
The bills had a two-hour hearing in the Judiciary Committee and then were ‘walked’ through the Finance committee with no public hearing.
Bill to strip state of ability to force vaccinations, quarantines, isolations killed in committee
The state’s right to enforce public health is based on 1905 U.S. Supreme Court case considered a legal landmark
Resolution asks state to plan, fund livestreaming, archiving of General Assembly meetings
HCR 10 asks three state agencies to create a plan by Jan. 2022 so funding can be approved for it to begin in 2023.
Carney activates National Guard to help with inauguration events in Delaware
The Executive Order said protests are planned in Wilmington, Dover and at the Delaware Capitol.
151st General Assembly opens an era of virtual gatherings
Democrat McBride cites ‘inequities in our justice system, a climate crisis at our shores and a crisis of trust.’ Republican Pettyjohn seeks ‘common ground.’
State moves to control hospital budgets to lower health costs
Delaware’s hospitals soon could be governed by a politically appointed state board charged with examining and approving hospital budgets and invested with the power to demand changes and punish those that don’t meet its guidelines. House Bill 350 would create the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board under the Department of Health and Social Services. It will try to keep …
Could Congress hinder future Middletown pharma campus?
The Congressional committee that pushed for a ban or sale of the social media platform TikTok is now scrutinizing a Chinese pharmaceutical company that happens to be developing a major taxpayer-supported manufacturing campus in Middletown. In January, the committee’s leadership introduced legislation that would prohibit the company called WuXi AppTec – as well as certain other Chinese-owned firms – from receiving federal …